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Hecken, Josef

doi:10.1007/s12312-017-0325-8

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“…Recent projects have received notably meagre funding, especially when compared with government-supported initiatives in other nations 4. The initial projects highlighted in this review enjoyed comparatively substantial public funding, indicating the need for sustained investment in healthcare research 9. The private funding of the DA by pharmaceutical companies appears to be a contributing factor to its success.…”

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“…Primary care in Germany is predominantly delivered by general practitioners (GPs), but may also encompass any outpatient physician accessible without a referral, irrespective of their specialty 8. Between 2002 and 2010, the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (BMBF)) recognised the importance of family medicine in the improvement of healthcare services and research 9. During this time, the ministry also funded two primary care data collection projects, MedVip (Medizinische Versorgung in Praxen) and CONTENT (CONTinuous morbidity registration Epidemiologic NeTwork) 10.…”

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German primary care data collection projects: a scoping review

Moser,

Massag,

Frese

et al. 2024

BMJ Open

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BackgroundThe widespread use of electronic health records (EHRs) has led to a growing number of large routine primary care data collection projects globally, making these records a valuable resource for health services and epidemiological and clinical research. This scoping review aims to comprehensively assess and compare strengths and limitations of all German primary care data collection projects and relevant research publications that extract data directly from practice management systems (PMS).MethodsA literature search was conducted in the electronic databases in May 2021 and in June 2022. The search string included terms related to general practice, routine data, and Germany. The retrieved studies were classified as applied studies and methodological studies, and categorised by type of research, subject area, sample of publications, disease category, or main medication analysed.ResultsA total of 962 references were identified, with 241 studies included from six German projects in which databases are populated by EHRs from PMS. The projects exhibited significant heterogeneity in terms of size, data collection methods, and variables collected. The majority of the applied studies (n = 205, 85%) originated from one database with a primary focus on pharmacoepidemiological topics (n = 127, 52%) including prescription patterns (n = 68, 28%) and studies about treatment outcomes, compliance, and treatment effectiveness (n = 34, 14%). Epidemiological studies (n = 77, 32%) mainly focused on incidence and prevalence studies (n = 41, 17%) and risk and comorbidity analysis studies (n = 31, 12%). Only 10% (n = 23) of studies were in the field of health services research, such as hospitalisation.ConclusionThe development and durability of primary care data collection projects in Germany is hindered by insufficient public funding, technical issues of data extraction, and strict data protection regulations. There is a need for further research and collaboration to improve the usability of EHRs for health services and research.

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confidence: 99%